This article aims to question how the process of political professionalization in multi-level
states could change political careers patterns. We show that the changing opportunity …

«La France est une République indivisible.[...] Son organisation est décentralisée». La
Constitution a consacré en 2003 le processus de décentralisation amorcé en 1982. Pierre …

This chapter examines how parity sanctions targeted at the major political parties since 2002
have impacted gendered processes of nomination. It also investigates how gender plays a …

Les typologies de parlementaires occupent une place centrale dans les études
parlementaires. Nous proposons une définition du concept de «style de représentation» …

This book assesses the quality of Czech democracy relative to both its postcommunist peers
and older EU members. Motivated by the authoritarian tendencies and illiberal outcomes in …

From a crude functionalist perspective the pursuit of professional political careers seems to
sit uneasily with the notion of territorial politics. After all, modernization theory has it that …

This study of political communication in France and Germany offers a detailed analysis of
citizens' as well as representatives' behavior in several political communication situations …

Un simple mot pour dire que ma culture politique est liée à la «deuxième gauche». Je suis
né à Grenoble au milieu des années 1970. Mes parents étaient socialistes mais plus …